Project Manager
This role is in the Compliance Financial Crime Risk (FCR) IT team, within the HTS Global Banking Markets (GBM) IT department. The Compliance FCR IT team is based in HK, London, Paris, NY and Pune.
The role will mainly support GBM Compliance, which in turn supports GBM business globally. This role will require direct interaction with senior Compliance and business stakeholders.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the Market Abuse Surveillance (MAS) programme. The main objective of MAS is to provide centrailsed management of all GBM Compliance trade surveillance activities, globally. The programme contains a number of vendor supplied solutions with ongoing projects to support geographic and product expansion.
The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for running all aspects pf the MAS Programme, including: primary relationship manager for the vendor systems used in the programme (Actimize, Redkite Wolters Kluwer), managing project budgets and reporting to the relevant Programme / Project Steering Committees.
The successful candidate must be able to drive requirements and the programme as a whole forward. They will have to manage other Project Managers within the surveillance programme. They should have a good understanding of the current regulatory climate and in particular be aware of issues and regulations that might be relevant to trade surveillance within HSBC. They should have a proven track record of implementing Actimize at a Tier 1 investment bank. They should be an experienced Programme / Project Manager, and be able to manage a global team of Project Managers, Business Analysts and Developers.
Responsibilities
- Identify and engage all key stakeholders - contributors, business and technical resources that need to participate in the projects - ensure that contributors are motivated to complete assigned tasks within the parameters of the project plan.
- Manage the IT Development team, which includes respources in NY, London, Paris, HK and Pune)
- Create plans incorporating multiple projects / workstreams using group standard tools.
- Produce effective progress reports for assigned projects to keep senior management appraised of project status, major risks issues, scope changes, resource changes and milestone status.
- Facilitate and chair regular project meetings and follow-up with project managers and team members as required to focus on business / operational / technical issues - documenting, assigning and monitoring all project issues to ensure resolution with minimal impact to project progress
- Manage project budgets, ensure that costs are controlled, tracked and accurate - regular effort and expenditure data is submitted to Finance Planning.
- Manage vendor relationships, including contract negotiations in consultation with Procurement.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant internal standards and external regulatory requirements, including the management of operational risk and adherence to the Group’s standards of ethical behaviour.
- The successful candidate must be able to 'hit the ground running' as they will be taking over a number of key development workstreams that are already in progress.
- Some foreign travel may be required e.g. to Pune.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of investment products and market surveillance techniques.
- Track record of implementing vendor supplied trade surveillance systems (e.g. Actimize, Redkite, SMARTS, Wolters Kluwer).
- Experience of working in the financial sector.
- A high level of knowledge of investment banking products.
- A specialist in the global delivery of Compliance and Regulatory systems.
- Significant experience as an IT project / programme manager.
- Knowledge of Actimize market surveillance products.
- In-depth knowledge of the IT development lifecycle.
- A PMP or PgMP Project / Programme Manager qualification.
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